The serial site 'The Longobards in Italy' includes the most important Longobard monuments existing on Italian territory. Palaces, churches and monuments each tell of the influence this Germanic population had in Italy in the early Middle Ages. It is an extremely rich collection of artefacts dating from the 6th to the 8th century, which well documents the extraordinary wealth of this people who dominated Italian territory for a long time.
In Lombardy, we find the Monastic complex of San Salvatore-Santa Giulia in Brescia, one of the greatest examples of early medieval religious architecture, a social testimony to the Longobards' support of monastic movements.
In Castelseprio (VA) is the area of the castrum, a Roman and Ostrogoth military outpost, transformed by the Lombards first into a trading post and later into a place of prayer, with the building of the Basilica of St John the Evangelistof the Church of Santa Maria foris portas and the Monastery of Peat.
Project financed with funds from Law no. 77 of 20 February 2006
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